Which clown for my tank?

dcathey

dcathey

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I have an 80 gal tank w/ carpet anemone and blue tang, yellow tang, purple firefish, mandarin goby, diamond back goby, blue damsel, coral beauty
All fish are fairly small except blue tang who is 3-3.5 inches
I had a Clarkii clown who I loved and he passed while I was away. He was pretty old and had been acting weird before I left so I am not quite sure why he died but anyways I want a new clown to host with carpet.
My LFS has not been able to get Clarkiis so I was considering Maroons and Bicinctus clowns. Maybe even Oscellaris but i love the temperament of the Clarkii and he loved his anemone.
What clown would be ok for my tank. Are maroons too aggressive? Should I just order the clarkiis off of the web?(Never done that before)
Also are aquacultured clarkiis a little different than wild b/c I do not like the way that the clarkiis on SWF.com look compared to the wild ones.
 
dawman

dawman

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Any clown will be ok . Maroons are really aggressive , but are another cool clown . Depending on what carpet you have , Ocellaris and perculas are natural hosts .
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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B&W ocellaris are really cool looking. I have one with an orange ocellaris, they make a really neat combo. There is a type of true perc out there too, I have seen in a few times on this site and a LFS has a pair they are trying to mate. I dont know if there is a real name for them the LFS here tells me they are just a variation of a true perc. But they are almost all black between their stripes and their fins are orange. In some the orange takes up a small portion of thier belly but they are the most spectacular looking Percs I have ever seen.
 
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